Lamp-burner.



A. J. KING.

LAMP BURNER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 17, 1913.

1,093,336. Patented Apr. 14, 1914.

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LAMP-BURNER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 17', 1913.

Patented Apr. M, 19M.

Serial No. 779,575.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ANDREW J. KING, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Hope, in the county of Steele and State of North Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lamp- Burners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to lamp burners and particularly to an attachment for lamp burners employed for the purpose of con centrating the draft and directing the same toward the wick of the burner so that combustion is supported in a more perfect manner than by known devices.

The invention is an improvement on that type of devices such as is disclosed in Patent 1,051,644 of J an. 28, 1913, and it has been found in practice that this invention produces better results than any known device, in that the end of the wick as well as the sides thereof are partially embraced and defleet-ion of the air currents longitudinally of the channel formed by the attachment is effectually obviated, thus compelling the larger volume of air to rush or pass more rapidly through the space between the wick and the walls of the attachment than is possible by known devices.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in which Figure 1 illustrates a view in elevation, partly in section of a lamp burner and the attachment applied thereto; Fig. 2 illustrates a sectional view at right angles to that illustrated in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 illustrates a view in perspective of the said attachment; and Fig. 4 illustrates a plan view of the blank from which the attachment is formed.

In these drawings 5 denotes the base of a lamp burner, 6 the wick tube and 7 the burner cone whichparts are of the usual type and are not described in detail. The attachment is inserted under the cone and has means for its engagement with the wick tube, the said attachment comprising a plate having a central aperture 8 and slots 9, 10, the slots 9 and 10 being separated from the opening 8 by the webs 11, which webs are severed intermediate their lengths at the points 12, the said webs being adapted to be bent to form legs or supports for the attachment when the same is applied to the burner. Furthermore, the plate has its sides 13 bent on the lines 14 to form deflecting members which coact with the wick stem to confine the air and form a channel through which it may flow, the side edges of the plate having approximately V-shaped lugs 15 designed to be bent on the line 16 to positions between the ends of the portions 13, thus partially closing the space between the saidends as fully shown in Fig. 3. The plate is further provided with notches 17 of such configuration as to receive the ends of the wick tube in order that said wick tube may prevent displacement of the attachment.

As will be observed from an inspection of the drawings, the attachment comprises the supports or lugs, side and end deflecting members or elements, the said elements being adjustable by bending to different angles with relation to each other and with relation to the wick tube so that the proper spacing of the said side members with re lation to the wick tube may be accomplished expeditiously. It will also be observed that the lugs 15 may be bent at certain positions with relation to the side members and the ends of the wick tube for a similar purpose.

Then the attachment is applied to a burner, the passage between the sides of the attachment and the wick tube may be varied in area according to the requirements and the end deflecting members formed by the lugs 15 may be likewise properly positioned to produce the intended results.

I claim An article of manufacture consisting of a blank comprising a plate having a rectangular aperture extending longitudinally of the plate centrally thereof, and V-shaped ears on opposite side edges thereof in alinement with the said central aperture, the said plate having longitudinally disposed slots on each side of the central aperture, each of the webs between the central slot and the side slots being severed intermediate its length, the outer edges of the side slots being recessed to form seats for a wick tube, the said plate being adapted to have its ends said ears being adapted to be bent at an Witnesses:

bent at angles with relation to the central In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature portion thereof whereby the severed Webs in the presence of two Witnesses.

a re caused to stand at angles with relation to the central portion and form supports, the ANDREW KING angle with relation to the central portion bei CHAS. NORGRANT, tween the ends of the said plate. I L. H. SMITH.

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